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Faculty meeting slated for May 17

A regular meeting of the faculty will be held Wednesday, May 17, at 3:30 p.m. in Room 32-141. The agenda includes:

  • Election of the members of standing committees and officers of the faculty
  • Progress in implementing recommendations in the CUP/CSL Report on Advising and Mentoring of Undergraduates
  • Update on underrepresented minority faculty and graduate student recruitment and retention
  • Report from the Energy Research Council
  • Election of the members of the faculty ex officiis
  • Recognition of faculty members moving to the rank of professor emeritus
  • Report from the Killian Award Selection Committee
  • Topics arising and questions for the provost and the chancellor

A version of this article appeared in MIT Tech Talk on May 17, 2006 (download PDF).

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